Down at the Farm

Morning crafters, HAPPY HALLOWEEN  to everyone and I hope you are all well, my this week is going fast!

Sorry no Halloween card but one of the beautiful images from Thomas Kinkade.

I started with my basic White 8x8 card and matted this up with Create and Craft card-Green.  With more White card I ran it through the Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Embossing Folder-Sea Garden and matted and layered up onto my card.

I chose an image of a Farm from Joanna Sheen Thomas Kinkade CD Rom ( I always hoped there would be a second CD Rom of his work available), after printing the image onto Photo Paper I die cut it with Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles. Using more of the Green card I embossed with the same die from Radiant Rectangles and attached the image to this so the embossed parts of the Green card came through the areas cut out of the image. I then attached this onto my card at an angle.

I used a sentiment from a sheet of sentiments I had typed up and die cut it with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die-lites Petite Lables One, I inked through the die with a little Tim Holtz Distress Ink Dried Marigold, with a bit of Green card I embossed using the same die from Petite Lables One, this left a little ridge for the sentiment to lay on. I attached this to the bottom right corner of the card and attached three little Green gems from Create and Craft Iridescent Gems to the top left corner to balance the card out.

There you have the finished card.

Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx

Seashore Bay

 Morning Crafters, I was in two minds to post this one today as I am not sure I like it, they are cards I made a while back, I feel now I should have put another corner die in the opposite corner and put the text image in the center of these, as it is, I feel its too plain, too much space. Anyhow decided to post to show one (or two) of my disasters lol! Not quite tropical but by the sea anyhow lol!!!

I started with my basic 8 x 8 White card and matted this with Premium Shades Cafe Mediterranean 12 x 12 Card stock Blue Pearlescent.
Using the same card I die cut one corner from Spellbinders Gold Elements One and one frame from Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements - Decorative Labels Twenty-Two.

Using some White card I ran this through the Sue Wilson Sea Garden Embossing Folder and inked round the edge with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Peacock Feathers.

I matted the White embossed card onto my card then added the corner onto the top left.
Using the  JustRite Cling Stamps - Sea Shell Bay Labels Twenty-Two    I stamped my image onto White card and coloured it in using various Promarkers, I coloured the center with some of the Peacock Feathers ink. I die cut this with Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements - Decorative Labels Twenty-Two and attached it to the frame as seen. I placed this onto the card in the lower corner.

In the bottom left corner I added some small shells I had bought on my last visit to Cornwall, I did bring back lots of shells but I liked these little ones. I then placed some Habico Self Adhesive Pearls in the top right corner to balance it out.

There you have the finished card.

Now I did do another one very similar to this and again I am not sure whether I like it.

This is it: It was done using the same dies and card etc. I just stamped the Creative Expression Un-mounted Stamps Treasure of the Ocean over in several Distress ink colours before putting through the same embossing folder.


Thank you for looking, Jacquie xxx